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Many rural fields arc now
Jaundiced with yellow mustard,
a weed that la never sown, but
shows the certified and culti
vated grains and seeds how to
flourish where it is cast, and
always produces a good stand.
Like the U. S. mail it is retarded
by neither rain or snow or wind
or wind, and faileth not.
Convicts In a California pris
on are staging "race riots." It
appears some hoodlums got
mixed up with the regular pris
oners. This week it will be 81 years
- ilnce J. V. Watson, and an even
core of years since his bro. Lee
(Dubb) looked a preacher in the
ye and were Daniel Cupid vlo-
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YE ED. SHOWS SPUNK
(Via Oakland (Cal.) Tribune)
"If. you get born, marry,
have a baby, die, or some other-accident
happens to you,
let us know. Not that we give
a darn, but most of our read
ers have a lot of curiosity."
.
Sunday is All Fooled day. John
L. Lewis, the labor czar, threat
ns to pull his annual coal strike
prank on Uncla Sam. It would
be a good Joke on John if Uncla
Ram started using Gen. Patton
legal tactics oh him.
The OPA finds the applica
tions of victory gardeners for
gasoline lack vital data, and will
Impose new restrictions. They
want to see a hoe Instead of a
fishing pole, lashed to the front
fender of the gardener's ve
hicle.
Great Britain and America
plan to confer on the "food sit
uatlon." Great Britain will fur
nish the situation and America
the food.
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SHAPELY SHANKS ITEM
(Hutchinson (Kan.) News)
"And when they are there
are there will be strong argu
ment for wearing skirts long
again because the average fe
male limb that has been ex
posed to the weather for six
months has all the lure of an
old pine clothesline post."
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Japan protests the bombing
of her cities by B-29's as "vio
lations of the principals of hu
manity and the rules of Interna
tional law." The enemy should
have thought of both before
Pearl Harbor. They are now in
a mood to protest their own
, Jiu-jitsu when applied to them
selves. As yet, there have been
no anti-war demonstrations in
Germany,
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The lack of warm weather
this spring has retarded the
blooming of all plants and trees.
This, however, has nothing to do
With the "blooming idiot."
inis paper is no longer as
thin as the ham in a 1943 sand
wich, J. Cochran Robin, the nest
contractor, reports he will
launch a project at once be
cause of nesting lack, and his
wife insists. "We are cramped
for space." said Mr. Rnhln.
"People cut down trees because
they are eyesores and leave the
stumps that are worse eyesores
man the original eyesore. Thoi
should be made to remove the
stump. This would slow down
tree-cutting, if not entirely dim
inate it." Mrs. Robin, who was
standing nearby acqutesed
neartily.
Three thousand Boeing air
craft company employees have
received cash awarrli for time-
saving suggestions in the past
urea years.
Editorial Correspondence
Los Angeles, March 26. What has Palm Springs got that Los
Angeles hasn't got?
That Is simple. L.A. has NOT got the P.S. climate.
Let the local C. of C. kid themselves au iney wisn, dui your
correspondent KNOWS this:
Palm Springs is dry, climatically speaking, and Los Angeles
is not.
Palm Springs has an average rainfall, government reports,
of less than four inches a year; Los
also government reports, from 14
We have no interest In the matter one way or ine outer, out
we believe In giving the devil his
rain and wind and now and then a sand-storm in faun springs;
the fact remains that Palm Springs HAS the winter climate, and
Los Angeles definitely has NOT!
So that is that We hope it settles the question for all timet
e
And now we have left, we would also like to pay this tribute
to Palm Springs. All in all the visitor gets better treatment and
more consideration in Palm Springs than almost anywhere else
in California at least in war times. They are a friendly lot there.
We also had dealings with the S. P., the Railway Express, the
C. of C, various hotels and restaurants (we doubt if in the three
weeks we missed one of the latter) and without exception we wera
treated with consideration and kindliness.
And that is something in these parlous war times. Yes we almost
forgot the O'Donnell golf course. They have a real problem on
that 9-hole outfit with a demand far exceeding the supply.
But there again, under strain and stress, they were all extremely
courteous and friendly.
Palm Springs is unusual in that way, we believe. There are
exceptions of course but all in all the VILLAGE atmosphere
prevails, a small group of people friendly and hospitable, and
genuinely anxious to please the visjtor, not ostentatious in their
hospitality but genuinely FRIENDLY.
We would like to see that officially they get credit for it. So
there it is, for the record.
They have a movie here in L.A. called "On Approval." It is
up at the Esquire theatre, which appears to be the "Carnegie"
of Los Angeles, making a specialty of foreign films. A large sign
on the entrance as well as in the newspaper advertisements "for
adults only" has not Impaired the patronage, apparently!
Well anyway your correspondent went up to see it, via long
trip on a Wllshlre bus.
And it Is a very good British film with Clive Brook and Beatrice
Lillie two veterans of the silver screen one might add; Clive dat
ing back to the first world war and the silent movies. But he must
have found that Fountain of Youth or have an exceptional make
up man, for he looks as majestic and young and self-satisfied and
wooden, as he did a quarter of a century ago. And B. Lillie Is just
as impish and dynamic, and smart, as she was a decade ago.
e e e
But that "for adults only" was amusing and so typically LOS
ANGELESI - .
There isn't a line, or a situation,
would shock, or for that matter interest. any sophisticated
adolescent that could be found
Square. Yet there is the come-on "adults only" and put on for a
week's feature it has now played to packed houses for a solid
month. Yes Puck had It "What fools these mortals be!"
Later: .
We knocked off there and went
to get a haircut, no Los Angeles
ADout naif-way through the
though she had just stepped out of
gave a squeal, dropped the phone
QUIT!"
The reaction was very Interesting and surnrisine. The barber
shop Is a large one and was full of
largely 01 tne t.b.m. variety and not a sign or a word or a sound
from any of them.
Only two Inhabitants of the place reacted in addition to the
cashier who went into a mild form of hysterics, a mixture of sobs
and laughter, in which we distinguished something that sounded
like "And now he will come home!"
One was the young Italian "boots" who yelled and tried to do
a cart-wheel on the tile floor without success, and our own operator
who shouted at him sharply: "Here Pete, get up and get me a quart
quicU", adding with a wave ot his shears too close to the editorial
ear:
"Here's where"! quit for week!"
.
The others, operators and patients, In the room were not vocal,
and those nearest to us, at least, didn't seem lmnressed one wav
or the other, a correct description would be to say they pricked
up uicu can, tine uiru-augs mai
to hear another, before they got
The manicure girl did take off
but meanwhile a radio was turned on at the further end of the
shop, and amid much static sauawklns anrl annonirtnn h.
finally came from somewhere
quit was erroneous, that Eisenhower merely had said the Germans
were murvcLi, ana some over-zealous newspaper man had Jumped
Tat Tl"ia OrrVlrlrl HAriAlliaUei aT
Well In a small way here was a
report of November 1918, about
official report came out. Although
displayed any emotion at the first
for all, when It proved to be a
guess mat tne tips lor the day
500, and the lacerated epidermises by approximately the same
percentage. ,
Meanwhile our operator had got
on the part of Pete! but when
his money ($4.79) for "3 Feathers!" And no day off, back to his
scissors and clippers for more of the same tiresome routine. "Ilya
kuua is juurs queique damn cnosei
As soon as brushed off we called up Bill Payette ot the United
Press to get the low-down. According to Bill It was not a newspaper
reporter who garbled General Eisenhower's report, but some I.N .8
representative who went off the deep end, regarding a statement
by President Roosevelt at his regular press conference today that
no cabinet member should leave
of the war, he Interpreting it to
armistice or German surrender
Well that is very likely what
Germans might quit now at any
might quit, and to say they HAD are, needless to remark, two
very different things!
Of course this all will be old
printed and the final clean-up may
present one. As far as that is
db over by then.
But the undersigned doesn't expect it to be. and as before stated
on these trips we merely put down for the record what happens
as 11 nappens irom aay to day.
The above is a rough sketch
hotel barber shop when the false
rxo. in burope came over the
marcn n, lmai
P.S.i Perhaps this should be
plastered with lather, or a razor
electric clipper is buzzing around
to throw off the bed clothes and
vocal and muscular activity no
of the news or his delight In hearing it! R.W.R.
Mexicans Dicker
For Jobs in U. S.
Mexico City, March SB (U.R)
Conversations were opened
today between Mexican and U.S.
officials on contracting numbers
of Mexican laborers tor work in
U. S. Industries and on the rail
roads. J. R. Coates, representing the
U. S. government, opened nego
Angeles ranges all the way
to 24.
due, and while they do have
In the entire performance that
within fifty miles of Pershing
down to the hotel barbershon
Hotel clippers this time.
ordeal the cashier. looklna as
a Hollywood beauty contest,
and cried: "The Germans have
males, in appearance at least
naa neara a shot but were waiting
excited about it.
a a
her
that the rennrt th r..m..n. k.j
repetition of that false armistice
week or ten days before the
only a few in the barber ehon
report, it was a terrible let-down
canard, and we should say as a
were thereby reduced bv at east
his ouart nrettv auick nervlca
we left Pete wna itlll waiting- far
'
Washington at this critical hour
mean the President believed an
Imminent. 1 .
F.D.R. does or did believe. The
time. But to say the Germans
news by the time this letter
even be different than Payette's
concerned the war in Europe may
of what did happen In a certain
report of the end of World War
radio, on the morning of Tuesday,
considered. When a man's face Is
is poised over his nose or an
his left ear, he is not disposed
put on a demonstration of extreme
matter what may be the nature
tiations with the Mexican Labor
Ministry for a supply of labor
under contract worked out be
tween the two governments.
Satisfactory solution of the
question of pay for immigrant
Mexican agricultural laborers
during Idleness caused by bad
weather, was reached, it was an
nounced. They will be paid $3
dally In such cases.
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News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
Washington. March 29 The
manpower matter did not come
out in final form from the con
gressional ne
gotiators exact
ly as expected;
The labor draft
was defeated
and buried,
true enough.
Mr. Roosevelt's
recomme n d a
tion was lost.
But in its
p 1 a c e, a new
program was
devised which
is pop ularly
Paul Halloa
advertised as a labor freeze. The
title Is not exactly accurate. It
would freeze all labor excepting
strikers, the ones whose labor
apt to matter most in war
production (according to the
bill's sponsors, who should
know).
pHEY proudly and officially
proclaimed that exemption in
both houses of congress. They
said strikers Jo not terminate
their employment, at least not
legally, and, therefore, are be
yond freezing.
You would think then that
the union leaders would be
cheering. They are not. A. F.
of L.'s Green calls it "a slave
bill," and C. I. O. Is also against
as well as the manufacturers'
association and the Chamber of
Commerce (according to a house
member who polled them all).
What the bill actually pro
poses is to give war mobllizer
Byrnes authority to freeze men
in certain areas (not defined)
under penalty of Jail for a year
or $10,000 fine and to do cer
tain other things, but the bill
itself neglects to say union
strikers are exempt.
a a a
IJENCE, Byrnes might not
agree with the advocates of
the program In congress and
might try to use the legislation
to freeze workers against strikes
in which case a court would
have .to decide, after the strike
over, no doubt. But Byrnes
can and probably will delegate
the authority to manpower wo
Nutt, who might have other
Ideas.
Thus the most important an
gle of the legislation is still un
decided. If strikes are exempt,
then the government could look
pretty silly putting one man in
jail for a year somewhere for
quitting his job and letting
thousands of men strike beyond
the penalties of the bill, and
restrained only by other gov
ernment action, If any (war la
bor board, plant seizure, etc.)
IN
hi
short, the measure merely
hands Mr. Byrnes a lot of
strong-sounding but not very
clear powers. It furthermore
tells him to handle them for the
following purposes:
Section 2-A: "In order ade
quately to support the army and
maintain the navy during the
present war and to carry Into
effect the purposes of the declar
ation of war pledging all the
resources of the nation to bring
tne conflict to a successful ter
mination, every individual no
in the armed forces shall have
an obligation, when called upon
to serve the nation In an ac
tivity essential to the war ef
fort"
DUT the bill does not do that.
WTTt..iJ UW tlU, .Ik till!
purpose. It does not propose
to draft anyone or In any way
rally new workers. It does give
nyrnes power to regulate hirinn,
reniring, solicitation and re
cruitment of labor by employ
ers. He can also put a cellme
on any plant, and therefore, out
any plant out of business or put
11 on a smau scale or large-scale
business. Yet he cannot en
torce me obligation to serve
on every individual."
How this new program hap
pened to spring up is a secret
of the congressional conferees.
wno nave done little talking
My information is that the
guiding sponsor of it on the In
side was Senator Warren Aus
tin, the Vermont republican
who favors much more a labor
draft. I think he got his main
inspiration from the army,
Used tin can collections from
civilians In 1944 declined almost
80,000,000 pounds from the 1943
total.
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Tribune 10. 20 and 94 years
age.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
March 29, 1933
Ot Was Friday)
Frank L. TouVelle of Jack
sonville, former county judge
slated for appointment to staff
highway commission.
No mbre dancing In rural
beer parlors, liquor control
board rules.
Medford school work on WPA
project list.
Fair and cooler. High 74. low
37 degrees.
NRA bill drafted to prevent
strikes.
Gov. Martin opens state con
clave at Portland to study crime.
ana its prevention.
Medford bowlers to take nart
in state bowling meet at Klam
ath Falls.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
March 29, 1925
Ot Was Sunday)
Trial of Dorothv Klltnesnn.
for murder of mother, halted
when court orders inquiry into
sanity of "jazz girl."
None of the seven ' Dresiden-
tial candidates in German elec
tion gain a majority.
President Coolidge urged by
rtxciic explorer to seize land
at North Pole. No hurry says
executive.
Rumor new
dance orchestra
here. Only 15
to
be formed
Andrew Jeldness and wife
come to city after beine storm
bound In their Blue Ledge cabin
ior u days. Gales and snow
raged continuously.
Special election to be palled
menu limits or city, so
water can be furnished people
uvmg outside, .
THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AGO
TODA
March 29, 1911
Ot Was Wednesday)
Rush for seats for the "Mn-v
Widow" at Medford theater Frl.
day night.
Harem skirt l here to stay
says fashion expert Three in
this city.
Horse belonging to A. K.
Ware runs away on Main Street
and Is stopped by stranger.
WAVE Killed In
Leap From Room
San Francisco. March 29
(U.R) Seaman 2c Georgia
Trlggs Busbee, 20. was killed
early today when she jumped or
fell from the 12th floor of the
wave barracks building, in Sut
ter street, police reported. .
A few moments before her
death, the young woman told
room mate that she intended to
commit suicide, indicating she
was unhappily married, police
saia.
NEW AIR RECORD
Los Angeles, March 29 (U.R)
A Constellation transport
plane new the 2,500 miles from
Los Angeles to Miami in eight
hours, five minutes yesterday,
knocking 38 minutes off the pre
vious record set Feb. 20.
Just Arrived
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MONTGOMERY
WARD
Man Who Planted
Flae On I wo Dies
Tallahassee, Fla, March 29.
(U.R) Platoon Set. Ernest I
Thomas, Jr., 21, of Tallahassee
the first man to nlant the stars
and stripes on Iwo Jima's rocky
Mt Surihachl, was killed five
days later, his mother has been
informed by the marine corps
Thomas was killed on Marcn
bis 21st birthday.
Daily Weather Report
FORECASTS
Msxffnrri and vicinity: fair and
aUxhtly warmer tonight and Friday.
Oregon: Partly cloudy tonight and
Friday. Slightly warmer. Few tight
thower along north coast tonight.
LiUUAli UA1A i
Temperature a year ago today:
Blithest 74; lowest 34.
Total monthly precipitation: IM
Inches. , .
Excess for tne montn: 03 incnes.
Total precipitation since September
1044: 13.73 Inches.
Excess for the season: .79 Inches.
Relative humidity at 4:30 d. m. yes
terday. 69; 4:30 today: 85.
Sunrise: 6:57 ajn.( Sunset: 7:34 p.m.
Hlch Low Per.
Boise 47 31 41
Boa ton
n na o 1
-.83
57
46
28
48
38
43
34
89
80
44
38
33
38
33
48
37
29
58
27
Chicago
-78
.53
.13
Denver
Eureka i
Havre
Loa Angeles ,
Medford
-.85
..69
-.53
New Yora
Omaha
Phoenix
Portland
Reno
Roseburg .
Salt Lake .
-.55
..48
San Francisco
Seattle
..B8
-.55
Sookane .
Washington, O. C 84
Yakima -39
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